Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary

[geoffroy desvernay]

On 10/19/2016 09:20, Ben RUBSON wrote:
> Thank you Rich.
> 
> I saw that the LSI 3008 can be put in IT mode, as with the well known 2008.
> Firmware & drivers seem to be well maintained, with a P13 release last month.
> 2 good points.
> 
> However I did not found much much user feedback on it, nor recommandations.
> There should be no surprise compared to the 2008, but we never know...
> 
Well, I just received one, and it seems complicated for the moment (or I
missed something important):

Dell-provided avago SAS3008 card, with dell 1420 enclosure with 24 sas
drives…

mprutil show some infos:
Adapter:
mpr0 Adapter:
       Board Name:
   Board Assembly:
        Chip Name: LSISAS3008
    Chip Revision:
    BIOS Revision: 10.07.03.00
Firmware Revision: 9.00.09.00
  Integrated RAID: no

Devices:
B____T    SAS Address      Handle  Parent    Device        Speed Enc
Slot  Wdt
          520474729974b57f 0009    0001      SMP Target    12    0002 00
   4
00   28   5000c50097ce7339 000a    0009      SAS Target    ???   0002 20
   1
00   29   5000c50097ce65d5 000b    0009      SAS Target    ???   0002 21
   1
00   30   5000c50097ce53bd 000c    0009      SAS Target    ???   0002 22
   1
00   31   5000c50097ce6225 000d    0009      SAS Target    ???   0002 23
   1
00   26   5000c50097ce78dd 000e    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 18
   1
00   27   5000c50097ce70c1 000f    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 19
   1
00   20   5000c50097ce7c41 0010    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 12
   1
00   21   5000c50097ce73a1 0011    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 13
   1
00   22   5000c50097ce7085 0012    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 14
   1
00   23   5000c50097ce5f6d 0013    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 15
   1
00   24   5000c50097ca1d95 0014    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 16
   1
00   25   5000c50097ce7ac5 0015    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 17
   1
00   09   5000c50097ce1bd5 0016    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 01
   1
00   10   5000c50097cd7f29 0017    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 02
   1
00   11   5000c50097cd7efd 0018    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 03
   1
00   12   5000c50097cda235 0019    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 04
   1
00   15   5000c50097ce1a75 001a    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 07
   1
00   16   5000c50097ce295d 001b    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 08
   1
00   17   5000c50097cda74d 001c    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 09
   1
00   18   5000c50097ce7b5d 001d    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 10
   1
00   19   5000c50097ce8cb5 001e    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 11
   1
00   14   5000c50097cdf3f1 001f    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 06
   1
00   13   5000c50097ce6279 0020    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 05
   1
00   08   5000c50097ce8215 0021    0009      SAS Target    12    0002 00
   1
00   32   520474729974b57d 0022    0009      SEP Target    12    0002 24
   1

smartctl show correct infos about drives

But dmesg show this (for each drive):

(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 ae 00 00 01 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 71 00 00 04 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 ae 00 00 01 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 af 00 00 01 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 af 00 00 01 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 af 00 00 01 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 af 00 00 01 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 e8 e0 88 af 00 00 01 00
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0 (Invalid command
operation code)
(da4:mpr0:0:12:0): Error 22, Unretryable error

zpool create refuses to use them…

I think mpr(4) is missing some love here… Or I missed something ?

(Just posted some more details on freebsd-stable@ and current@)

Cheers,
-- 
*geoffroy desvernay*
C.R.I - Administration systèmes et réseaux
Ecole Centrale de Marseille

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